With the gallery wildly cheering a golfer struggling to stay one measly shot under par, Jon Rahm enhanced his status as currently the best player on the PGA Tour by holding off pesky Max Homa to win the Genesis Invitational on Sunday by two strokes.
The focus of spectators at Riviera Country Club was, of course, Tiger Woods, who played his first meaningful golf since last year's British Open before shifting into tournament host mode to present the championship trophy to Rahm, whose win was his third in 2023, fifth in his last nine worldwide starts and 10th on the PGA Tour.
Woods shot two over par in the final round to finish one under, not an unimpressive accomplishment given his rust and a sore right ankle that had him limping a bit more each day and remains a reminder of his horrific car crash two years ago the day after this tournament.
